UK Banking Lead 
Location: GB, LND, London
Department: Banking

Company profile:
Want to build a 21st century financial service?We're convinced that that there is a need for innovation in financial services and that current banks will not be the ones providing this. Instead this innovation will come from companies like TransferWise and we're on a hunt for great minds who think like we do.

Job description:
TransferWise is a VC-backed, international money transfer start-up co-founded by Skype’s first employee and backed by some of planet's most experienced innovators, including Sir Richard Branson and PayPal founder Peter Thiel, we're disrupting the world of currency &amp; international money transfer. That means flipping a gazillion dollar industry on its head and taking power away from banks and the establishment.We’re now a significant size and are looking for someone to help build out our network of banking partners in our more mature markets starting with the UK.We are looking for someone with strong commercial acumen, experience of working with the banking industry and an appreciation of how to navigate the UK banking sector in order to secure our ongoing banking partnerships.

Requirements:
We're looking for somebody to:Identify potential banking partners and begin the conversations for a corporate bank account for TransferWise with the appropriate people within the bankManage our relationship with the Bank of England and the Faster Payments Scheme as we work towards tighter integration with both of these bodiesUnderstand our detailed processes on KYC (Know Your Customer) and be able to articulate these clearly to our banking partners to help manage the AML (Anti-Money Laundering) riskDevelop strategic relationships with our banking partners ideally through leveraging your own network as well as ours. Relationships with the CxO of building societies and high street banks will be useful in this roleAble to navigate up and down the hierarchy of our banking partners in order to represent our customers best interests in negotiating commercial agreementsIs this you?Have you an established network with senior figures within the UK Banking industryEstablished relationships with the Bank of England, Faster Payments and the FCA - are beneficial tooAble to quickly build connections with people and follow one lead to the next and quickly reach the decision maker in the target organisationUnderstand the detail of KYC and AML and able to demonstrate how our processes meet our banking partners compliance processesBe able to work across multiple partners simultaneously i.e. work on opening multiple destinations at the same timeHave the gravitas and integrity to manage TransferWise’s most important relationshipsAble to work as on your own autonomously in developing our banking relationships and ultimately building our network

Benefits:
Apart from all-expenses-paid company holidays twice a year (which are completely insane) stock options in one of Europe’s most hotly tipped startups, a sexy laptop of your choice and team lunches every Friday, you won’t get much in the way of extras. However, we will give you 25 days holiday a year (plus public holidays), a fun, friendly atmosphere, plenty of opportunities to grow and the chance to be part of our little revolution. Oh, and coffee, there’s plenty of coffee.